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LDAP.CONF

NAME

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

If the environment variable LDAPNOINIT is defined, all
defaulting is disabled.

The
ldap.conf
configuration file is used to set system-wide defaults to be applied when
running
ldap
clients.

Users may create an optional configuration file,
ldaprc
or
.ldaprc,
in their home directory which will be used to override the system-wide
defaults file.
The file
ldaprc
in the current working directory is also used.

Additional configuration files can be specified using
the LDAPCONF and LDAPRC environment variables.
LDAPCONF may be set to the path of a configuration file. This
path can be absolute or relative to the current working directory.
The LDAPRC, if defined, should be the basename of a file
in the current working directory or in the user's home directory.

Environmental variables may also be used to augment the file based defaults.
The name of the variable is the option name with an added prefix of LDAP.
For example, to define BASE via the environment, set the variable
LDAPBASE to the desired value.

Some options are user-only. Such options are ignored if present
in the
ldap.conf
(or file specified by
LDAPCONF).

OPTIONS

The configuration options are case-insensitive;
their value, on a case by case basis, may be case-sensitive.
The different configuration options are:

URI <ldap[s]://[name[:port]] ...>

Specifies the URI(s) of an LDAP server(s) to which the
LDAP
library should connect. The URI scheme may be either
ldap
or
ldaps
which refer to LDAP over TCP and LDAP over SSL (TLS) respectively.
Each server's name can be specified as a
domain-style name or an IP address literal. Optionally, the
server's name can followed by a ':' and the port number the LDAP
server is listening on. If no port number is provided, the default
port for the scheme is used (389 for ldap://, 636 for ldaps://).
A space separated list of URIs may be provided.

BASE <base>

Specifies the default base DN to use when performing ldap operations.
The base must be specified as a Distinguished Name in LDAP format.

BINDDN <dn>

Specifies the default bind DN to use when performing ldap operations.
The bind DN must be specified as a Distinguished Name in LDAP format.
This is a user-only option.

HOST <name[:port] ...>

Specifies the name(s) of an LDAP server(s) to which the
LDAP
library should connect. Each server's name can be specified as a
domain-style name or an IP address and optionally followed by a ':' and
the port number the ldap server is listening on. A space separated
list of hosts may be provided.
HOST
is deprecated in favor of
URI.

PORT <port>

Specifies the default port used when connecting to LDAP servers(s).
The port may be specified as a number.
PORT
is deprecated in favor of
URI.

REFERRALS <on/true/yes/off/false/no>

Specifies if the client should automatically follow referrals returned
by LDAP servers.
The default is on.
Note that the command line tools
ldapsearch(1)
&co always override this option.

SIZELIMIT <integer>

Specifies a size limit to use when performing searches. The
number should be a non-negative integer. SIZELIMIT of zero (0)
specifies unlimited search size.

TIMELIMIT <integer>

Specifies a time limit to use when performing searches. The
number should be a non-negative integer. TIMELIMIT of zero (0)
specifies unlimited search time to be used.

DEREF <when>

Specifies how alias dereferencing is done when performing a search. The
<when>
can be specified as one of the following keywords:

never

Aliases are never dereferenced. This is the default.

searching

Aliases are dereferenced in subordinates of the base object, but
not in locating the base object of the search.

finding

Aliases are only dereferenced when locating the base object of the search.

always

Aliases are dereferenced both in searching and in locating the base object
of the search.

SASL OPTIONS

If OpenLDAP is built with Simple Authentication and Security Layer support,
there are more options you can specify.

SASL_MECH <mechanism>

Specifies the SASL mechanism to use.
This is a user-only option.

SASL_REALM <realm>

Specifies the SASL realm.
This is a user-only option.

SASL_AUTHCID <authcid>

Specifies the authentication identity.
This is a user-only option.

SASL_AUTHZID <authcid>

Specifies the proxy authorization identity.
This is a user-only option.

SASL_SECPROPS <properties>

Specifies Cyrus SASL security properties. The
<properties>
can be specified as a comma-separated list of the following:

none

(without any other properties) causes the properties
defaults ("noanonymous,noplain") to be cleared.

noplain

disables mechanisms susceptible to simple passive attacks.

noactive

disables mechanisms susceptible to active attacks.

nodict

disables mechanisms susceptible to passive dictionary attacks.

noanonymous

disables mechanisms which support anonymous login.

forwardsec

requires forward secrecy between sessions.

passcred

requires mechanisms which pass client credentials (and allows
mechanisms which can pass credentials to do so).

TLS OPTIONS

If OpenLDAP is built with Transport Layer Security support, there
are more options you can specify. These options are used when an
ldaps:// URI
is selected (by default or otherwise) or when the application
negotiates TLS by issuing the LDAP Start TLS operation.

TLS_CACERT <filename>

Specifies the file that contains certificates for all of the Certificate
Authorities the client will recognize.

TLS_CACERTDIR <path>

Specifies the path of a directory that contains Certificate Authority
certificates in separate individual files. The
TLS_CACERT
is always used before
TLS_CACERTDIR.

TLS_CERT <filename>

Specifies the file that contains the client certificate.
This is a user-only option.

TLS_KEY <filename>

Specifies the file that contains the private key that matches the certificate
stored in the
TLS_CERT
file. Currently, the private key must not be protected with a password, so
it is of critical importance that the key file is protected carefully. This
is a user-only option.

Specifies the file to obtain random bits from when /dev/[u]random is
not available. Generally set to the name of the EGD/PRNGD socket.
The environment variable RANDFILE can also be used to specify the filename.

TLS_REQCERT <level>

Specifies what checks to perform on server certificates in a TLS session,
if any. The
<level>
can be specified as one of the following keywords:

never

The client will not request or check any server certificate.

allow

The server certificate is requested. If no certificate is provided,
the session proceeds normally. If a bad certificate is provided, it will
be ignored and the session proceeds normally.

try

The server certificate is requested. If no certificate is provided,
the session proceeds normally. If a bad certificate is provided,
the session is immediately terminated.

demand | hard

These keywords are equivalent. The server certificate is requested. If no
certificate is provided, or a bad certificate is provided, the session
is immediately terminated. This is the default setting.

TLS_CRLCHECK <level>

Specifies if the Certificate Revocation List (CRL) of the CA should be
used to verify if the server certificates have not been revoked. This
requires
TLS_CACERTDIR
parameter to be set.
<level>
can be specified as one of the following keywords: